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fl-60	Mauthner, Natasha	Are Research Data a 'Common' Resource?	2012	22	.docx	application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document	11212	459	43	Research data as a common resource Emergence of the idea that research data are a common resource The notion of treating research data as a common and indeed global resource appears to date back to at least the 1950s, when it was institutionally established through the formation of World Data Centers (particularly in the geophysical sciences) designed to minimise the risk of data loss and maximise data access (Shapley and Hart 1982). Research data are therefore being defined as public resources, public property, and public outputs of research: “research data will increasingly be the starting point for new research as well as a key output” (UKRDS 2009: 1; see also CARL 2009: 4).	cache/fl-60.docx	txt/fl-60.txt